Top Historical Events That Happened on September 20

1960  UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations)   

1960  Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67.   

1962  James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its inaugural black.   

1964  Paramount theater (NYC) presented the Beatles and Steve and Eydie.   

1966  US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23.   

1967  Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, results in the deaths of 38   

1967  Queen Elizabeth II (aka QE2) launched   

1967  Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88   

1968  Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536.   

1968  Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57   

1970  Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample   

1971  James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59   

1972  Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney's farm.   

1973  Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match   

1973  Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies   

1974  Carlyle Blackwell Jr, entertainer, dies at 61.   

1975  Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78   

1976  In this year, Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women.   

1976  Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion   

1976  Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83   

1977  Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune   

1979  Bloodless coup in Central African Rep overthrows Emperor Bokassa I   

1979  Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83   

1984  Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut   

1984  Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36.   

1985  Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players   

1985  Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest   

1987  Michael Stewart.   

1988  Roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54   

1990  Both Germanys ratify reunification   

1990  In this year, Saddam Hussein formally claims US networks broadcast his message   

1990  Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65.   

1992  K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies.   

1993  Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64   

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1486  Arthur: Prince of wales, son of king henry vii of england   

1593  Gottfried scheidt: Composer   

1599  Christian the younger: German protestant military leader   

1653  Benedict schultheiss: Composer   

1663  Pirro conte d' albergati capacelli: Composer   

1665  Johannes van der hagen: Vicar/genealogist/chronologer   

1706  Franz habermann: Composer   

1744  Giacomo quarenghi: Ital/russian master builder (hermitage theater)   

1168  Death of Paschal iii: [guido di crema], italian anti-pope,   

1246  Death of Mikhail of chernigov: Ruler of kiev   

1384  Louis: Duke of anjou/wife of marie of bretagne   

1460  Gilles binchois: Flemish composer   

1493  Death of Philippe pot: Governor/viceroy of burgundy,   

1586  Death of Anthony babington: Page/conspirator to mary stuart, executed at 24   

1590  Death of Lodovico agostini: Italian composer (b. 1534)   

1613  Death of Willem h van est (estius): Theologist,